Educational device for use in primary school work



m A A A. RIPLEY EDUCATIONAL DEVICE FOR USE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL WORK Filed oct. 1o, 1955 Oct. 16, 1934.

Patented ct. 16, 1934 remate Y EDUCATIONAL DEVICE FOR USE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL WORK .Annie Ripley, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Application October 10, 1933, Serial No. 692,957 In Canada June 7, 1933 3 Claims.

This invention relates to an educational device for use in primary school work, and more particularly for use in teaching by the flash method. The prime object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive apparatus to be used under the direct control of the teacher and which can be designed so as to lend itself to interestcreating functions whereby the attention of young children is instantly captured, in order to draw out and stimulate any faculty of intelligent alertness.

With this and other objects in view in bringing my invention into effect I utilize an upright and rectangular cabinet or casing constructed of any `'U light and inexpensive material, the frontward surface of which may be decorated in any fanciful manner such as to represent a cottage window or play stage, or the like in which a rectangular aperture horizontally disposed and in size adapt- 0 ed to receive the usual standard flash card, posters or the like, is arranged. The aperture is provided with some simple means of closure at the disposal of the teacher. The closure means may take the form of a flexible fabric such as used for blinds or of slats, shutters or the like, and preferably opening from the horizontal centre line of the aperture so as to quickly disclose the flash card for any desired duration, at the will of the teacher and closing together at the same centre line.

The invention is more clearly described by the aid of the drawing herewith which forms a part of this application, and in which Fig. 1 indicates a front elevation of the device,

Fig. 2 a rear elevation of the same, and

Fig. 3 a vertical sectional elevation on line 3-3 of Fig. l.

In this drawing the numeral 5 indicates the frontward surface of the cabinet which faces the class, 6 the side walls of the cabinet which serve to carry some of the simple mechanisms necessary, 7 the rectangular horizontally disposed aperture through which the fiash card is seen. The upper closure member is shown at 8 and the lower corresponding member at 9. Above the upper closure member at 10 are short spindles carrying friction pulleys or rollers and similar mechanisms are shown at 1l below the lower closure member. Below these four rollers is an operating spindle 12, the ends of which are carried by bearings in the side walls 6. Flexible bands 13 are connected at one end with the upper closure member 8 and pass upwardly over the rollers l0, thence downwardly inside the cabinet and secured at their other end to the operating spindle 12. cured tothe lower closure member 9 thence over the bottom roller l1 and similarly secured inside the cabinet to the operating spindle 12. The spindle 12 is extended outside the cabinet and terminates at the operating disc l5 whereby upon a slight turning motion being given to it by the teacher the closure members 8 and 9 are drawn apart against the action of a spring or other resilient member 16 which immediately again brings their edges into close juxtaposition upon the release of the operating spindle 12 by the teacher.

Horizontally disposed across the upper part of the cabinet are a pair of frictionally engaging rollers 17-18, the spindle of the latter being extended through the cabinet wall to an operating disc 19. The rollers 1'7--18 are carried in bearings 20 which are extended to form guiding surfaces for the flash cards, posters or other exhibiting material, the top edge of which is inserted between the rollers and propelled therefrom by frictional adhesion to the positionV required. Any form of tell-tale gauge may be used for the information of the teacher in observing the nature and in determining the correct registration of the flash card before exposing the latter.

The rear wall of the cabinet may take the form of a door if desired, upon which may be stored the flash posters in any desired, convenient and wellknown manner.

Having now fully described the nature of my said invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent isz- 1. In a cabinet for exhibiting flash educational indicia, closure members movable from and towards each other in front of said indicia to disclose and conceal said indicia, an operating spindle supported in said cabinet and having its axis rightangular to the direction of the motion of said closure members, guide rollers carried by said cabinet and having their axes in parallelism with said operating spindle, bands of flexible fabric secured to each said closure member and passing over said rollers with their other extremities secured to said operating spindle, and extensile and resilient members adapted to hold said closure members together whereby said indicia may be suddenly disclosed, displayed as long as desired, and then suddenlyconcealed, to remain concealed as long as desired.

2. In a cabinet for exhibiting flash educational indicia, closure members movable from and towards each other in front of said indicia to disclose and conceal said indicia, resilient means similarly nexibie bands 14 are se- "I close and conceal said indicia, resilient mea-ns connected to said closure members and adapted to motivate them in opposite directions, exible operating means secured to said closure members and adapted to act against said resilient means and pulleys controlling the path of said iiexible means whereby said indicia may be disclosed, displayed as long as desired, and concealed as long as desired. r Y A ANNIE RIPLEY.

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